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Cordyceps, a Fungus found in remote Bhutanese mountains, which grows at an altitude of 4500 meters, is the most expensive fungus on Earth.
A kilo will cost around 100,000 Euros. Traditional and western medicine both ensure that this fungus is very good for the human body, in addition to its immune boosting qualities it is considered one of the most powerful natural aphrodisiacs in the world. There are caterpillars and a fungus . The fungus grows in the wild and frees its spores . These...more »

Cordyceps, a Fungus found in remote Bhutanese mountains, which grows at an altitude of 4500 meters, is the most expensive fungus on Earth.
A kilo will cost around 100,000 Euros. Traditional and western medicine both ensure that this fungus is very good for the human body, in addition to its immune boosting qualities it is considered one of the most powerful natural aphrodisiacs in the world. There are caterpillars and a fungus . The fungus grows in the wild and frees its spores . These spores fall and end up in the ground and infect the caterpillars and kill them. Now inside the caterpillar there are all these good substances , amino acids , proteins , nitrates , mineral . The fungus grows inside the caterpillar's skeleton, which is where it gets its shape; it is a parasitic fungus , a killer fungus, a fungus that has taken possession of the larva.
Cordyceps definitely possesses a magical power: the poor women of this region who harvest this fungus now they have a way to financially sustain their family« less